tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72308671719018754062024-03-13T11:01:24.159-07:00Tomorrow-LandToday I step into the shoes of a great man, a man by the name of Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger819125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-38907040991914364982010-03-15T11:38:00.000-07:002010-03-16T09:20:47.337-07:00In-text advertising<strong style="font-weight: normal;">If you're a website publisher, you really need to check out a new service called Sintext. They do in-text advertising, but specialize in "adult-oriented" ads. Basically that means you can get big-time revenues without having to put up a bunch of banner ads all over your site.<br /><br />Sintext's</strong> innovative in-text advertising products maximize your website's profit potential and give you the highest payouts in the industry! <strong style="font-weight: normal;">Sintext</strong> provides two types of in-text advertising solutions: traditional <strong style="font-weight: normal;">in-text keyword ads</strong> and our unique <strong style="font-weight: normal;">MicroBanner™ logo ads</strong>. Our MicroBanner™ ads have higher conversion rates than conventional online banner ads, which translates to enormous new revenue for <strong style="font-weight: normal;">YOU</strong>.<br /><br />Here's some info about it from their <a href="http://www.sintextmedia.com/">website</a>:<br /> <h3 style="font-weight: normal;">What products will Sintext advertise on my site?</h3> <p> <strong>Sintext</strong> understands the needs of website publishers. That's why we give <strong>YOU</strong> the ability to control what types of in-text advertisements you wish to place on your website. </p><p> </p><p>Sintext advertisers fit into four major categories:</p> <ul class="stm-bullet"><li>Adult Products and Novelties</li><li>Alcoholic Beverages and Brands</li><li>Tobacco, Smoke, and/or Grow Supplies</li><li>Gaming and Firearm Related</li></ul> <p> As a member of the <strong>Sintext Publisher Network</strong>, you can determine which ad categories and niches you want to allow on your website. While Sintext does specialize in adult advertising niches, we do monitor and enforce strict quality standards among our advertisers. </p> <h3 style="font-weight: normal;">What is a MicroBanner™?</h3> <p> The MicroBanner™ logo ad is Sintext's own unique internet advertising product that generates higher conversion rates for in-text advertisements. Unlike existing in-text advertising products that simply use underlined hyperlinks, Sintext embeds the advertiser's logo directly into the website publisher's content. The advantages are obvious. MicroBanners™ are so eye-catching that they convert at nine times the rate of typical online ads! That means more revenue for website publishers like you. And unlike conventional in-text ads, MicroBanners™ provide an exciting and stylish feel to text-heavy websites. MicroBanners™ don't produce visual clutter like traditional ads do, so user experiences are positive. </p> <h3 style="font-weight: normal;">What kinds of websites can join Sintext's Publisher Network?</h3> <p> No matter how big or small your website is, you can join <a href="http://www.sintextmedia.com/"><strong>Sintext's Publisher Network</strong></a> today and start making money! Unlike some other advertising companies, InTopic has no minimum traffic requirements, no fees and no long-term commitments, so even the smallest websites can join. (We do require that Publishers meet a few requirements, <a href="http://www.sintextmedia.com/site/publisher-guidelines/">go here</a> to view them.) We're actively seeking personal, professional, and group blogs; forums, message boards, adult websites, poker websites, gaming websites and social networking sites. As long as your site contains a small amount of text, you can start earning revenue <strong>NOW</strong>! </p> <h3 style="font-weight: normal;">Will Sintext ads affect my site's look and feel?</h3> <p> We know how much you care about your site's user experience. That's why Sintext publishers like you appreciate the non-intrusive look and feel of our ads. Sintext's MicroBanner™ and keyword ads are a fresh and stylish way to generate ad revenue without adding clutter. The visual impact of our ads will give your site a more exciting feel than conventional banner or text ads. In-text advertising from <strong>Sintext</strong> is completely user-initiated, which gives web users a strong sense of engagement with our ads. Best of all, Sintext's technology allows you, the publisher, to retain complete control of your content. You now have the freedom to mix different types of advertising on your site or generate revenue without using banner/pop-up ads at all. It's your call! </p> <h3 style="font-weight: normal;">How do I put Sintext's ads on my website?</h3> <p> <a href="http://www.sintextmedia.com/"><strong>Sintext's Publisher Network</strong></a> is incredibly easy to <strong>join</strong>. In just minutes our online registration process will set up your account! And once you're a member of the network, you'll have access to your <strong>Sintext Client Dashboard</strong>, where you can easily track your site's ad results and get instant usage reports. We also offer two convenient payment delivery methods and numerous ad placement options so that you the publisher are always in control!<br /><script rel="stm" type="text/javascript" src="http://public.sintextmedia.com/script/stmCore/mwdnuwrchpy4e5c9fp2f/"></script>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-31331452161706342792010-01-16T09:49:00.000-08:002010-10-04T15:10:34.715-07:00PORTFOLIO: Joel Furfari<div style="text-align: left;">Welcome to my portfolio! My name is <span style="font-weight: bold;">Joel Furfari</span>. I'm an online marketer and content writer who lives in Atlanta. To receive my resume or references, e-mail me at jfurfari at gmail dot com. To view my work samples, simply click on each image or link below.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left; ">__________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; "><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.intopicmedia.com/"><img src="https://doc-10-5c-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/secure/95suofeo8cjoki0qc9gqjs17ppcgbcbm/o6s17b85ccjkue0cuosvocm55c6h5cn5/1286215200000/18233916821257244307/18233916821257244307/0Bxwrz43ViffvMzA3ZmZjMmItOGMwNy00MTBkLTkxZjMtMWMwOGIxZWEwZDI1?nonce=3aaf06v2krn30&user=18233916821257244307&hash=hvbl5172hun2drlkd04u2s9kucspmck2" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 199px;" border="0" alt="" /></a></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Date: </span>Winter 2010<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Company: </span><span>InTopic Media</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Product:</span> Front-end marketing site<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">My Contribution: </span><span>Copywriting and layout</span></blockquote></div>__________________________________________________________</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bxwrz43ViffvNzI0MTc3ODktMzU4OS00NWMwLWI3NDAtMjNmNDNlNTMxMzlm&hl=en"><img src="https://doc-0s-5c-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/secure/95suofeo8cjoki0qc9gqjs17ppcgbcbm/mrgqlifa7g886cm3ij2qg6ikadpmb2hf/1286215200000/18233916821257244307/18233916821257244307/0Bxwrz43ViffvM2JkMzYwZDgtMWIzYi00YjdlLTk0YmUtN2RkNzVlYzRhNWI5?nonce=0fm5nhnin18bu&user=18233916821257244307&hash=2mbv6ied2nl072i41hlf76mj5ji8tdit" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 217px;" border="0" alt="" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Date: </span>Spring 2010<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Company: </span><span>InTopic Media</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Product:</span> Print collateral media kit aimed at advertisers<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; ">My Contribution: </span><span>Copywriting and layout</span></blockquote>__________________________________________________________<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.theshortsaleservice.com/report/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 71px;" src="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/spyreportsalespage%28thumbnail%29.jpg?attredirects=0&d=1" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span>Summer 2009<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Company: </span> <span>The Short Sale Service, Inc.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Product:</span> Direct response sales page for monthly real estate newsletter<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Contribution: </span><span>Copywriting</span></blockquote>__________________________________________________________</div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/Copyof10MoneyMakingStrategies_FINAL_PDF.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 295px;" src="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/10MoneyMakingStrategies%28thumbnail%29.jpg?attredirects=0&d=1" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span>Winter 2010<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Company: </span> <span>Monkey Bizzness </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Product:</span> E-book containing sales tips and strategies for small business owners<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Contribution: </span><span>All copywriting and page design.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Notes:</span> Monkey Bizzness is an e-marketing venture between myself and John Schlott, a former colleague. We are marketing our own information products via JV partnerships and have already achieved sales of approximately $1,500.<br /></blockquote>__________________________________________________________</div><br /><br /><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/Joel%27sWritingSample%28SpyReport%29.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 297px;" src="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/SpyReport%28thumbnail%29.jpg?attredirects=0&d=1" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Date: </span>Summer 2009<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Company:</span> The Short Sale Service, Inc.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Product: </span>Premium newsletter<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Contribution: </span><span>All </span>copywriting and page design</blockquote>__________________________________________________________<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/Joel%27sWritingSample%28RE101%29.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 284px;" src="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/RE101%28thumbnail%29.jpg?attredirects=0&d=1" alt="" border="0" /></a><blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/Joel%27sWritingSample%28RE101%29.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span>Fall 2009<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Company: </span>The Short Sale Service, Inc. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Product: </span>Training book for real estate investors <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Contribution: </span>All copywriting and page design</blockquote>_________________________________________________________<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/Joel%27sWritingSample%28CRE%29.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 266px;" src="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/CommercialFreeReport%28thumbnail%29.jpg?attredirects=0&d=1" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span>Fall 2009<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Company:</span> The Short Sale Service, Inc.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Product:</span> Free marketing report for commercial real estate investors<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My contribution:</span> All copywriting and page design</blockquote>__________________________________________________________<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/Joel%27sWritingSample%28FullStory%29.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 255px;" src="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/FullReport%28Thumbnail%29.jpg?attredirects=0&d=1" alt="" border="0" /></a><blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/Joel%27sWritingSample%28FullStory%29.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1"></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span>Fall 2009<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Company: </span>The Short Sale Service, Inc.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Product: </span><span>E</span><span>-</span><span>book for real estate investors<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Contribution: </span>All copywriting and page design</blockquote>__________________________________________________________<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/Joel%27sWritingSample%28FreeReport%29.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 257px;" src="http://sites.google.com/site/porfoliojoel/samples/TabithaFreeReport%28thumbnail%29.jpg?attredirects=0&d=1" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span>Fall 2009<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Company:</span> <span>The Short Sale Service, Inc.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Product:</span> Free marketing report for real estate investors<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />My Contribution: </span><span>All</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>copywriting and page design</span></blockquote>__________________________________________________________<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gbj.com/content.cfm?WikiID=7472"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gbj.com/content.cfm?WikiID=7472">"Embracing Continuous Improvement"</a><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span><span>March 2009<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Company:</span> <span>Tillman Allen Greer, LLC</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Product:</span> Business profile article published in <span style="font-style: italic;">Gwinnett Business Journal</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Contribution: </span>Researched and wrote copy</blockquote>__________________________________________________________<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gbj.com/content.cfm?WikiID=7305"></a><blockquote><a href="http://www.gbj.com/content.cfm?WikiID=7305">"Bright Lights, Big County"</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span><span>January 2009</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Company:</span> <span>Tillman Allen Greer, LLC</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Product:</span> Business news article published <span style="font-style: italic;">Gwinnett Business Journal</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />My Contribution: </span>Researched and wrote copy</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><br />__________________________________________________________<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gbj.com/content.cfm?WikiID=6977"></a></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.gbj.com/content.cfm?WikiID=6977">"Meet the King of REITs"<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span><span>July 2008</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Company:</span> <span>Tillman Allen Greer, LLC</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Product:</span> Business feature article published in <span style="font-style: italic;">Gwinnett Business Journal</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />My Contribution: </span>Researched and wrote copy</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><br />__________________________________________________________<br /><br /></div></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs5qpz6_22hqh7rccg"></a></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs5qpz6_22hqh7rccg">"Buying Cigarettes on Web Too Taxing"<br /></a></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span><span>Fall 2003</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Company:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Pawtucket Times</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Product:</span> Business news article published in<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">The Pawtucket Times</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />My Contribution: </span>Researched and wrote copy</blockquote><br />__________________________________________________________<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs5qpz6_23gqt578fb"></a></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs5qpz6_23gqt578fb">"Mane-ly Memories"</a><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span><span>Summer 2003</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Company:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Pawtucket Times</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Product:</span> Feature article published in<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">The Pawtucket Times</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />My Contribution: </span>Researched and wrote copy</blockquote><br />__________________________________________________________<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs5qpz6_214v6hq7gc"></a></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcs5qpz6_214v6hq7gc">"Making the Rounds"<br /></a></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Date: </span><span>Winter 2003</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Company:</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">The Pawtucket Times</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Product:</span> Feature article published in<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">The Pawtucket Times</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />My Contribution: </span>Researched and wrote copy</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-45428848962350863242009-10-21T21:14:00.000-07:002009-10-21T21:17:35.445-07:00The Fresh Prince of Hot Air...This has been floating around the web for the past few days, ever since the "Fresh Prince of Hot Air" decided he needed to get on TV with a whole balloon boy episode. Facebook Gold!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7649/falcon.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 546px; height: 654px;" src="http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7649/falcon.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-50568465327487806782009-02-14T22:30:00.000-08:002009-02-14T22:36:42.498-08:00PynchonI'm currently reading the massive Thomas Pynchon novel "Against the Day." It's fantastic and exasperating at the same time. Pynchon is an Official Tommorrow-Land-Certified Fucking Genius, but the book is also insanely complex. Characters come and go. Plot lines dodge and weave. There are references to shit that even the smartest people won't pick up. And because he's a postmodernist, you can expect him to throw a little supernatural stuff at you.<br /><br />That's why I'm so fascinated that there's an actual <a href="http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page">"Against the Day" wiki</a> devoted to explaining all the obscure details of the book. Comparing it to the Cliffs Notes version wouldn't do this justice. This wiki actually makes it <span style="font-style: italic;">more </span>complicated.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-76860858784804896052009-02-04T19:14:00.000-08:002009-02-04T19:16:14.605-08:00Humans can flyReally, they can now. (I embedded this video, but you really should blow it up to full-screen.)<br /><br /><object width="400" height="219"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="219"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/1778399">wingsuit base jumping</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/thedoctor">Ali</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-62419399228617153012009-02-04T16:32:00.000-08:002009-02-04T16:39:21.666-08:00Budapest vs. BucharestGo test your <a href="http://www.lufthansa-usa.com/useugame2007/html/play.html">mad geography skillz</a>.<br /><br />My best score is a 26,100.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-9236219456462390162009-02-02T13:59:00.000-08:002009-02-02T14:03:42.700-08:00The Super Bowl menuWe do it up right at our house. Yesterday's menu for the Super Bowl party we hosted (everything was homemade!):<br /><br />- buffalo wings with homemade bleu cheese dipping sauce<br />- honey mustard wings<br />- grilled turkey sliders with homemade buns<br />- macaroni and cheese<br />- vegetarian chili<br />- chips with homemade guacamole<br />- bacon-wrapped roasted figs<br />- barbecued jerk shrimp<br />- baked french fried and sweet potato fries<br />- Steelers-themed (yellow and black) almond cookiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-57418294048663813932009-01-20T20:21:00.001-08:002009-01-20T20:21:50.697-08:00Star Wars (told by someone who hasn't seen it)<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2809991&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2809991&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/">Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user759504">Joe Nicolosi</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-17539832508340550842009-01-16T15:40:00.000-08:002009-01-16T15:42:27.530-08:00I wish I could shoot missiles at the idiot commuter in front of meBack in 1985, my favorite show as "Street Hawk." Because it was awesome.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_C58TazP1m0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_C58TazP1m0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-6348438353740768992009-01-02T22:43:00.000-08:002009-01-02T22:44:09.648-08:00My last meal...will be something like <a href="http://www.holytaco.com/if-i-die-bacon-related-death-id-it-be-because">this</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-53797950716492015382008-12-29T22:37:00.000-08:002008-12-29T22:43:08.370-08:00The shag vanForget beach houses and plasma TVs, a real player needs <a href="http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/943596289.html">this</a>. Check out a few pics. I think the airburshed Star Wars mural is good, but the interior covered entirely in shag carpet is FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bonanzaflmhost.com/1979_Dodge_Van/002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 507px;" src="http://bonanzaflmhost.com/1979_Dodge_Van/002.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bonanzaflmhost.com/1979_Dodge_Van/034.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 480px;" src="http://bonanzaflmhost.com/1979_Dodge_Van/034.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />(If the Craiglist link goes dead, this was an actual custom van for sale on the Dallas CL.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-76569822207420853122008-12-15T19:01:00.000-08:002008-12-15T19:04:25.137-08:00Sweet Audi actionI'm not really much of a "car guy," and I don't like the band Bush very much, but this video is still sooooo cool. It makes me wish I had a souped-up Audi Quattro Sport!<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RWqWprRRQoc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RWqWprRRQoc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-12755814962435755692008-12-05T23:55:00.000-08:002008-12-05T23:56:48.892-08:00A Man Called WhiteThere are some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_White">damn interesting people</a> you never really learn about in history class.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-66047560513931709382008-12-05T22:28:00.000-08:002008-12-05T23:23:58.815-08:00Hangin' with poetsI've been finding myself surrounded by poets more and more lately. Didn't really see that coming, but they're swell folks as long as you don't mind berets, bongos and Gauloise cigarettes. Haha, I kid. You would never know they're poets by looking at them!<br /><br />Anyway, I know absolutely nothing about formal poetry. Really the only poetry I know jack shit about is in hip-hop form. I know most poetry purists probably consider it artless, but I can't help but love shit like this:<br /><br />"Get Down" by Nas<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">New York streets where killers walk like Pistol Pete</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys admiration</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Prince from Queens and Fritz from Harlem</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from starvin</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pushin cars, Nicky Barnes was the 70's</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But there's a long list of high-profile celebrities</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Worldwide on the thorough side of things</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Livest kings, some died, one guy, one time</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast heat</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">40-side of Vernon, I turned well he asked me</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"Whatchu up to, the cops gon' bust you"</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If God sent him, cause two squad cars entered the block</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And looked at us, I ain't flinch when they watched</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Starin at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Yeah man, throwin them bones</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hopin my ace get his case thrown</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world straight hoein</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">While he lookin at centerfolds of pretty girls</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Showin they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's livin proof</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The D.A. who tried him was lyin</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A white dude, killed his mother durin the case</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hung jury, now the D.A. is bein replaced</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Pre-trial hearin is over, it's real for the soldier</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Walks in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is wild</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Triple-homicide, I sit in the back aisle</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I wanna crack a smile when I see him</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his freedom</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">He grabbed a court officer's gun and started squeezin</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Then he grabbed the judge, screams out -- nobody leavin everybody</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Some niggaz fuck they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Weird-ass niggaz are dangerous, so don't test 'em</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' execs</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Southern niggaz, independent label, real killers</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chillin</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">They had the coke game somethin crazy</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sold music out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or somethin</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch them</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Southern niggaz ain't slow, nigga tried to play me</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I left from around them dudes, they cool but they crazy</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Now I'm back around the old school that raised me</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">New York gangstas, we loungin, out in L.A. see</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A dude wrote my dawg from Pelican Bay</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The letter say, "Nas I got your back - the fools don't play"</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I rolled with some Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Never saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The nigga still alive in a hospital</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Midnight they crept in his room and shot the doctor too</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">See my cousin's in the game, thuggin and things</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">He plugged me with a dame who was half-Mexicano</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Gave the ass up, I'ma mack daddy Soprano</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">She passed me the indigo, but the imbecile</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Shoulda never tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Openin the hotel room do', to let her goons in</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li shit</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I let the hammers blow, wet three kids</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">See honey thought I had somethin to do, with all the drama</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Cause I was with a crew, that had her people killed</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Called up my cousin, told him I ain't fuckin witchu</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">He responded cool, but told me out here this how motherfuckers</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Get down, get down! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-67539795956918031762008-12-04T17:00:00.000-08:002008-12-04T17:10:05.091-08:00Left to right, not up and downI'm starting to wonder if the next big trend in web publishing is to package content in a left-to-right, scrolling style, instead of the traditional scroll-down type display you normally see when reading stuff on the web. Here's a good example of that at <a href="http://canopycanopycanopy.com/4/the_gift_of_eternal_life">CanopyCanopyCanopy</a>. I've noticed that one of my favorite moto blogs, <a href="http://hellforleathermagazine.com/frontlines/RSD/RSD-layout.html">Hell for Leather</a>, does something similar with certain of their features.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-65296469317340107022008-12-04T15:21:00.001-08:002008-12-04T15:25:31.967-08:00Trash Heaven!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zRTZ7D0k_3k/SThmydoA52I/AAAAAAAAALQ/5oJKCHr4zp8/s1600-h/sick.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 220px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zRTZ7D0k_3k/SThmydoA52I/AAAAAAAAALQ/5oJKCHr4zp8/s400/sick.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276079980596488034" border="0" /></a><br />This blog is some <a href="http://trashheaven.blogspot.com/">southern fried fun</a>. Hell yeah!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-87300800115013331802008-12-03T20:45:00.000-08:002008-12-03T20:47:02.265-08:00Gang of Four, Live in 1981I know I was all of three years old at the time, but this song just rocks in every way.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sPJHQmJAiKA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sPJHQmJAiKA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-28750236500031779932008-11-26T13:13:00.000-08:002008-11-26T13:15:27.576-08:00Sunday Sunday SundayCheck out this tilt-shift video of a monster truck rally. Kind of a matchbox cars meets claymation vibe goin' on.<br /><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2317118&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2317118&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2317118">Metal Heart</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/keithloutit">Keith Loutit</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-119037354477665502008-11-21T06:17:00.000-08:002008-11-21T06:21:37.330-08:00My personality type?<a href="http://www.typealyzer.com/">This site</a> claims that it can predict your Myers-Briggs personality type by analyzing your blog. I entered Tomorrow-land's URL into it and this is what came up:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">ESTP - The Doers </span><br />The active and play-ful type. They are especially attuned to people and things around them and often full of energy, talking, joking and engaging in physical out-door activities.<div style="text-align: left; padding-top: 20px;">The Doers are happiest with action-filled work which craves their full attention and focus. They might be very impulsive and more keen on starting something new than following it through. They might have a problem with sitting still or remaining inactive for any period of time. </div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left; padding-top: 20px;"></div>Then I entered <a href="http://blankpeople.blogspot.com/">Dionne's blog</a> into the analyzer:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">ESFP - The Performers </span><br /><br />The entertaining and friendly type. They are especially attuned to pleasure and beauty and like to fill their surroundings with soft fabrics, bright colors and sweet smells. They live in the present moment and don´t like to plan ahead - they are always in risk of exhausting themselves.<div style="text-align: left; padding-top: 20px;">The enjoy work that makes them able to help other people in a concrete and visible way. They tend to avoid conflicts and rarely initiate confrontation - qualities that can make it hard for them in management positions. </div></blockquote><div style="text-align: left; padding-top: 20px;"></div>Sounds about right to me!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-27008970805089126092008-11-11T09:19:00.000-08:002008-11-11T09:22:50.161-08:00Not black vs. white, but urban vs. ruralSlate has a nice summary of <a href="http://slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/2008/11/10/no-we-didn-t-america-didn-t-change-as-much-as-tuesday-s-results-would-indicate.aspx">demographic data vs. polling data</a>. It turns out that my man Barry Hussein didn't really unite the two halves of America particularly well.... because it turns out <strike>real</strike> rural Americans basically hate his Muslim Kenyan ass. Oh well, just don't stop growing our food you uncultured rednecks!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-83221406489969841432008-11-06T05:56:00.001-08:002008-11-06T06:01:31.802-08:00Post-election goodies...Newsweek has a few good post-election morsels of tasty <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/167581/page/2">political gossip</a> today. Here are a few highlights:<br /><br /><ul><li>The Obama campaign was provided with reports from the Secret Service showing a sharp and disturbing increase in threats to Obama in September and early October, at the same time that many crowds at Palin rallies became more frenzied. <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/related.aspx?subject=Michelle+Obama" class="related">Michelle Obama</a> was shaken by the vituperative crowds and the hot rhetoric from the GOP candidates. "Why would they try to make people hate us?" Michelle asked a top campaign aide.</li></ul><ul><li>Palin launched her attack on Obama's association with William Ayers, the former Weather Underground bomber, before the campaign had finalized a plan to raise the issue. McCain's advisers were working on a strategy that they hoped to unveil the following week, but McCain had not signed off on it, and top adviser Mark Salter was resisting.</li></ul><ul><li>McCain also was reluctant to use Obama's incendiary pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, as a campaign issue. The Republican had set firm boundaries: no Jeremiah Wright; no attacking Michelle Obama; no attacking Obama for not serving in the military. McCain balked at an ad using images of children that suggested that Obama might not protect them from terrorism. Schmidt vetoed ads suggesting that Obama was soft on crime (no Willie Hortons). And before word even got to McCain, Schmidt and Salter scuttled a "celebrity" ad of Obama dancing with talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres (the sight of a black man dancing with a lesbian was deemed too provocative).</li></ul><ul><li>Obama was never inclined to choose <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/related.aspx?subject=Hillary+Clinton" class="related">Sen. Hillary Clinton</a> as his running mate, not so much because she had been his sometime bitter rival on the campaign trail, but because of her husband. Still, as Hillary's name came up in veep discussions, and Obama's advisers gave all the reasons why she should be kept off the ticket, Obama would stop and ask, "Are we sure?" He needed to be convinced one more time that the Clintons would do more harm than good. McCain, on the other hand, was relieved to face Sen. Joe Biden as the veep choice, and not Hillary Clinton, whom the McCain camp had truly feared.</li></ul>And then my personal favorite....<br /><ul><li>At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys' club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. "I'll be just a minute," she said.</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-14789646803216285722008-11-05T06:54:00.000-08:002008-11-05T07:01:40.371-08:00FINALLY!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/11/large_THEFOUR.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 343px; height: 242px;" src="http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/11/large_THEFOUR.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!<br /><br />Give a shout of joy, then go over here and watch <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125859/posts">idiot conservatives have a meltdown</a>. Point and laugh at them like Nelson Muntz. Ha-ha.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-17252058300856275542008-11-02T18:07:00.000-08:002008-11-02T19:06:25.043-08:00Demo ride: Triumph Speed Triple<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.triumph.co.uk/images/SpeedTriple_2009_rhs_orange9_534x309.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 434px; height: 251px;" src="http://www.triumph.co.uk/images/SpeedTriple_2009_rhs_orange9_534x309.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>So I managed to go for a quick joy ride today and decided to stop by the local Triumph dealership, where they were having Triumph demo rides all weekend long. I pretty much had my choice of bikes today so I decided to test ride the <a href="http://www.triumph.co.uk/usa/2009%20Triumph%20Speed%20Triple_9869.aspx">Triumph Speed Triple</a>. It's a "naked" sportbike with a 1050 cc triple-cylinder engine. First thing I noticed is that these things look absolutely SICK in person. Mine was a nice burnt orange color. The exhaust, cool black alloy wheels and exhaust are just sooooo cool looking. Then I got on and started revving it up. The Triumph people were very cool about and didn't mind at all. The sound from that engine was great... kind of a nice throaty rumble to it. So nice. We went on an 18-mile loop and got to rev the bikes up a bit. That Triumph engine just would not stop accelerating. In fact, I'd say I only tested maybe 25% of its true ability. Wow, what a sweet machine.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-77385196089864551242008-10-31T10:36:00.000-07:002008-10-31T10:38:37.515-07:00Elderly drivers....I just want to point out that the guy who did <a href="http://jalopnik.com/5071476/watch-a-police-car-make-love-to-a-camry-now-with-video">this</a> is a full two years <span style="font-style: italic;">younger </span>than John McCain.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230867171901875406.post-869212081218360362008-10-27T13:49:00.000-07:002008-10-27T13:56:34.054-07:00The world's most bad-ass Chevy Cavalier<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2008/10/Obama-Hood-Car.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 452px; height: 339px;" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2008/10/Obama-Hood-Car.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Actually, I think this is the world's <span style="font-style: italic;">only </span>bad-ass <a href="http://jalopnik.com/5069297/im-barack-obama-and-i-approve-this-chevy-cavalier">Chevy Cavalier</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0